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Careers at JSSA JSSA is one of Washington metropolitan area's most established and fastest-growing child, family and senior services agencies, with offices in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Our staff serve a nonsectarian, highly diverse clientele (including children, adolescents, adults and seniors) struggling with a broad range of emotional, social, physical and developmental challenges. Whether you are a social worker, psychiatrist, nurse, or other career professional, JSSA offers a wide range of career opportunities. JSSA offers clinical supervision by master clinicians, free in-service continuing education training throughout the year, opportunities for professional growth and development, competitive salaries, and excellent benefits including medical/dental, flex fund, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, tax-deferred annuity, and pension plans. JSSA employees enjoy the support and expertise of outstanding colleagues. Our interdisciplinary staff includes clinical social workers, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, psychologists, nurses and doctors in a supportive, cohesive goal-oriented team environment. JSSA's unique philosophy integrates innovative state-of-the-art treatment and care with a highly personalized, compassionate approach. Apply now by sending your resume and cover letter by email, by fax: 301-309-2596, or by mail to JSSA, Attn: Human Resource Department, 200 Wood Hill Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Click here for our Employment Application. Current Position Openings - September 2010 Director, Rabbinic and Jewish Chaplaincy Services (JCS) Senior Director of Operations and Business Development Synagogue Liaison/Social Worker/Professional Counselor Clinical Social Workers and Professional Counselors positions Clinical Supervisor - JSSA Hospice Job Development/Placement Specialist Senior Director of Operations and Business Development The position is responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality services to senior members of the community, expansion of these and related-services into the DC market, and maintaining current operations and developing future plans for our Maryland facility. You will interface with key stakeholders of the organization, including members of the senior management, local and regional community leaders, and government officials in neighboring jurisdictions. The position reports to the COO. Immediate opening in our Fallsgrove office for a part time contract position for a Consulting Board Certified Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist to provide child, adolescent, and adult psychiatric evaluations and medication monitoring. MD license required. Approximately 8-10 hours per week. Some after school hours preferred. Jewish Community Outreach - Synagogue Liaison/Social Worker/Professional Counselor JSSA has an immediate part-time position for a clinical social worker or clinical professional counselor to serve as a synagogue liaison. The ideal candidate will be an experienced, organized professional with strong clinical skills to represent JSSA to area synagogues in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Consult with rabbis, staff, and congregants about interpersonal and organizational issues. Provide outreach, assessments, short-term counseling, workshops, referrals to JSSA and community resources. LCSW-C, LICSW or LCPC required. Minimum 3 years experience. Director, Rabbinic and Jewish Chaplaincy Services JSSA has an immediate full-time position for a director of Rabbinic and Jewish Chaplaincy Services (JCS). The ideal candidate will be an experienced, organized professional with rabbinic ordination from a recognized seminary and membership in a rabbinical association. CPE training. Excellent communication and public speaking abilities. Proven ability to work with broad range of constituencies within a diverse Jewish community. Demonstrated experience with program development and oversight. Responsibilities include supervising and mentoring all JCS salaried and contract staff; recruiting, hiring and training new JCS staff; develop and nurturerelationships with hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and prisons and provide direct chaplaincy services; and develop and implement Jewish training programs for JSSA staff. Clinical Social Workers and Professional Counselors Social Worker, LGSW - Rockville, Montrose Road - JSSA Hospice Full-time LCSW-C / LCPC - Rockville, Fallsgrove - Special Needs Clinical Supervisor for JSSA Hospice JSSA Hospice is a 25-year-old non-sectarian home based program known for its clinical excellence, exceptionally caring, collaborative staff & low nurse to patient ratio. Hospice is currently seeking a full-time Clinical Supervisor to supervise nursing and hospice aide staffs. The right candidate will have 2-4 years experience in hospice and/or palliative care and demonstrated management skills. CHPN preferred. Full and Part-Time / Silver Spring & Northern VA Assist unemployed/underemployed professionals enter the workforce. Work one-on-one with clients to increase skills: resume preparation; cover letter writing; interviewing; and job search skills, including general and social networking. Provide group instruction using structured programs, work with agency job development/placement staff, conduct career assessments, and participate in community outreach efforts. Travel throughout the Washington, DC area and/or Northern Virginia required. Creativity, team work, flexibility, excellent customer service and presentation skills, orientation to details, working knowledge of Excel, and ability to work in a fast paced environment are a must. Extensive experience working with job seeking professionals. Requires Masters degree, minimum 3 years relevant experience, prefer coaching certification or HR certification. Job Development/Placement Specialist Part-Time Position / Silver Spring and/or Rockville, Fallsgrove locations Perform outreach to community organizations and businesses to generate professional job leads; maintain database of jobs; place clients; provide career coaching; lead groups/workshops; administer occupational/career assessments. Participate in development and coordination of new programs. Creativity, teamwork, flexibility, excellent customer service and presentation skills, orientation to details, working knowledge of Excel, and ability to work in a fast paced environment are a must. Extensive experience working with job seeking professionals. Master’s degree and 3 years of experience or Bachelors degree and 5 years of experience required. Coaching or HR certification preferred. Communications Manager / Full-Time / Rockville, Fallsgrove JSSA is undertaking a transformative communications change to more fully integrate digital media and online communication outlets into our current communications strategy. The communications manager will help create, implement and communicate information about JSSA’s services and programs through traditional press/media outreach venues as well as through the agency’s listservs, websites, and other social networking sources. The candidate will proactively seek new opportunities to communicate JSSA’s programs and services to reach as wide an audience as possible. Other key responsibilities will include: managing all press and communication outreach; coordinating with other staff on the writing, designing and distribution of agency-wide internal and external communications; and overseeing the scheduling of all community outreach events with staff. Candidates should have online content development and management experience and be knowledgeable about social media. Hands on experience with website content management systems preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software and Access. Some knowledge of Raiser’s Edge helpful. Candidates must have an educational background in journalism, PR, non-profit management, or a related field. Excellent time management, organizational, and oral communication skills and demonstrated writing and editing skills required. Some desktop publishing experience preferred. Evening Receptionist/ Rockville, Fallsgrove Non-profit organization has an immediate opening for a part-time evening receptionist Monday through Thursday 5:00-9:00 p.m. in our Rockville Fallsgrove office. Greet visitors and callers in a pleasant and professional manner. Previous experience with multi-line phone system, strong customer service skills, dependable and excellent communication skills a must. Applicants can fax our Employment Application (including a resume) with salary requirements to 301-309-2596; mail to JSSA, Attn: Human Resources, 200 Wood Hill Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850 or email us at hr@jssa.org For more information about JSSA's current position openings, please contact us at 301-838-4200 or send us an email inquiry. Thank you! JSSA is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. In this regard, all terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits and discipline are administered without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or other classification protected by law. It is the responsibility of each member of management and every employee to actively implement this policy. |
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